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“I said, ‘Dr. King, I am John Robert Lewis.’”
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“I said, ‘Dr. King, I am John Robert Lewis.’”
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All I Had Was Hope And You
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All I Had Was Hope And You
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Announcing the StoryCorps 2020 Mobile Tour
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“I realized, wow, somebody else has these feelings. This isn’t just me.”
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“I realized, wow, somebody else has these feelings. This isn’t just me.”
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On The Brink Of Separation
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On The Brink Of Separation
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"I gathered up all my courage and I just did it, and then I was proud of myself."
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"I gathered up all my courage and I just did it, and then I was proud of myself."
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"I've Been to the Mountaintop"

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, deepen your understanding of the history of civil rights in America by listening to the voices of people who live it.

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A More Perfect Union

A More Perfect Union
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"We walked every day from sunup to sunset."
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"We walked every day from sunup to sunset."
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Eyes on the Stars
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Eyes on the Stars
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"He really talked that night."
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"He really talked that night."

Get to Know StoryCorps

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An Introduction to StoryCorps from our Founder
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15 Years of Listening to America
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15 Years on the Road

Celebrate the 15th anniversary of the StoryCorps Mobile Tour with conversations recorded across the country in our signature MobileBooth.

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“When I took you home, I didn’t know how to feel.”
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“When I took you home, I didn’t know how to feel.”

April Gibson, 33, talks with her teenage son, Gregory Bess, about how she felt when he was born.
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"We see each other every day, every minute of every day."
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"We see each other every day, every minute of every day."

Even though they share everything from a birthday to a bedroom, 10-year-old triplets Zoë, Maddy, and Nick Waters still learn new things about each other.
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"Anytime they had a stunt to do with a black actor, they would paint these white guys in blackface."
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"Anytime they had a stunt to do with a black actor, they would paint these white guys in blackface."

Willie Harris and Alex Brown remember the prejudice they faced as African American stuntmen while breaking into the film industry in the 1960s.
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“I said, ‘I like you more than any other male except my Papa.’”
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“I said, ‘I like you more than any other male except my Papa.’”

Joel and Julia Helfman remember how they became friends — and how that friendship blossomed into a decades-long love story.
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